Never in My Wildest Dreams

A Black Woman's Life in Journalism

Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock, Bill Cosby

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English

Berrett-Koehler
01 January 2018

Autobiography: business & industry; Gender studies: women; Press & journalism

The pioneering TV news journalist shares her extraordinary story in this acclaimed memoir- ""A very important book"" (Dr. Maya Angelou).

As the first black female television journalist in the western United States, Belva Davis overcame the obstacles of racism and sexism, and helped change the face and focus of television news over the course of five decades. Born in the Great Depression to a fifteen-year-old Louisiana laundress, and raised in the projects of Oakland, California, Davis persevered to achieve a career beyond her imagination.

Davis has seen profound changes in America, from being verbally and physically attacked while reporting on the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco to witnessing the historic election of Barack Obama in 2008. She reported on some of the most explosive stories in modern American history, including the Vietnam War protests, the rise and fall of the Black Panthers, the mass suicides at Jonestown, the onset of the AIDS epidemic, and many others. She encountered everyone from Malcolm X to Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Ronald Reagan, Huey Newton, Muhammad Ali, Fidel Castro, Condoleezza Rice, and more.

Davis spent her career on the frontlines of the battle for racial equality, bringing stories of black Americans into the light of day. Still active in her seventies, Davis hosted a news roundtable at one of the nation's leading PBS stations. In this way she remained engaged in contemporary journalism, while offering her unique perspective on the decades that have shaped us.

By: Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock
Other: Bill Cosby
Imprint: Berrett-Koehler
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 411g
ISBN: 9781609944667
ISBN 10: 1609944666
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Belva Davis currently hosts This Week in Northern California on San Francisco's KQED. She has received eight local Emmys and many other awards, including honors from the International Women's Media Foundation and the National Association of Black Journalists. Vicki Haddock is a journalist and was a senior writer at the San Francisco Chronicle as well as a reporter and assistant city desk editor for the San Francisco Examiner.

Reviews for Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism

Davis is an engaging, likable personality with an inspiring story. Recommended for any reader interested in journalism, history, or gender and race relations in the United States. --Library Journal, January 2011 An engaging memoir that includes not only a fascinating childhood and coming-of-age in the deep south and the Oakland projects, but also involvement in some of the most important happenings of the mid-20th century. --School Library Journal, February 2011 I was not asked to write a blurb for Up from Slavery, War and Peace, or The Fire Next Time, but gladly I can say Never in My Wildest Dreams is a very important book. No people can say they understand the times in which they have lived unless they have read this book. -- Dr. Maya Angelou Never in My Wildest Dreams is the fascinating account of a pioneering black woman and her tumultuous but triumphal march through a turbulent era. Overcoming one obstacle after another, Belva Davis covered